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UNITED Stains nth r rrrcni JAMES HERBERT BOWES, OF ELLAND, ENGLAND.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,105, dated January 14, 1902.

Application filed July 11, 1901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES HERBERT Bowns, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residingat Elland, in the county of York and Kingdom of England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enablethose skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved toy which is simple in construction and operation and designed to amuse the young, as Well as those of mature years.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of m yimprovement are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved toy, and Fig. 2 a partial section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

My improved toy comprises a handle 5, with one end of which a ring 6 is rigidly connected, and in the form ofconstruction shown in the drawings a cup 7 may be connected with the ring 6 opposite the handle 5 and in line therewith and projecting in line therefrom.

Secured to the handle 5, adjacent to the ring 6, is an elastic cord 8, with which is connected a ball 9, and by holding the handle 5 in one hand and pulling out the ball 9, so as to extend 01 stretch the elastic cord 8, and then letting go of said ball the ball may by Serial No- 6'7,885.L (N model.)

deft manipulation be caused to pass through the ring 6. It will be understood that the ball may also be caught in the cup 7 by swinging it skilfully on the cord 8, the device being held in one hand by means of the handle and the ball 9 being grasped in the other hand and the cord 8 stretched or pulled outwardly or downwardly, and as the ball is released it should be given a slight outward movement, when it will rebound upward and may be caught on the return movement in the cup 7.

In the form of construction shown the cord 8 is secured in a groove 10 in the end of the handle 5; but any suitable means maybe provided for making this connection.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A toy comprising a handle, a ring secured to one end of said handle and projecting in line therewith, a cup secured to the side of said ring opposite the handle, and ranging in line with said handle and ring, and an elastic cord connected with the handle adjacent to the ring and providedwith a ball, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myinventiouIhave signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 29th day of June, 1901.

JAMES HERBERT BOWES.

Witnesses:

J 0s. A. HALL, JOSHUA HALL, Jr. 

